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FullHD1x8: Whodunnit? Episode 8 Watch Online Free is a far more complex criminal than many presented on Luther. Elliot Cowan's performance does not provide the same blood-curdling chills as Kevin Fuller's sex killer from the opening two episodes. Instead, he is genuinely unsettling as a normal man driven to the brink by the murder of his wife. That idea might be clichï¿½ (as are many in Luther) but it is handled exceptionally well. Marwood's plight makes viewers question the legal system, but I also found myself questioning my personal views on justice itself. What punishment fits the crime of murder, or paedophilia?